Monday, June 1, 2009

~kitchen island, step by step~

This is the aging glaze I used. (in brown, by Plaid) Nothing fancy, you could even water down brown paint. I just globbed it on with a foam brush and then wiped off the excess with a damp rag. After we ripped off the rockery, we started with a plain plywood base.Then we added 1x6" hemlock and trimmed that out with moulding (don't have a pic. with the moulding!) Once all the woodwork was done, I filled in all the nailgun holes with wood filler.

Let dry, and sand.

Sand any cabinets, it's handy to have a palm sander, makes the job go a lot easier!

Tape off knobs, floor, etc.

Prime. I like Kilz primer in latex.

Paint it out. I used Oatmeal by Ralph Lauren in a satin finish. I then sanded all the edges with my palm sander and then added the glaze.

Wow! I hadn't noticed the rock before on RMS site. This is beautiful and with more storage and counter space. You must be very proud of your teamwork with your husband. Once again an inspirational posting.

I was looking for a piece of granite for my laundry room remodel and they had some absolute as a scrap piece so I bought it, now after seeing your honed I am going to do that, perfect timing on your post, again thanks for the inspiration Melaine.